System for multipoint infrastructure transport in a computer network
First Claim
1. An apparatus for processing data at a node in a data network, wherein the data network connects a plurality of nodes and at least a portion of the plurality of the nodes form a multicast group, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable data store that stores, in a database, a plurality of entries associated with the multicast group, wherein each entry comprises data to be transmitted from a rendezvous node of the multicast group to members of the multicast group; and
one or more hardware processors;
one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to execute;
logic that disseminates the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group;
logic that receives, from a node that is not a member of the multicast group, a request to run a query against the entries stored in the data store, wherein the query specifies matching criteria;
logic that runs the query against the entries in the data store;
logic that indicates that the apparatus has been designated as the rendezvous node in the multicast group, wherein designation as the rendezvous node indicates that the apparatus is to disseminate the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; and
logic that disseminates one or more entries that satisfy the matching criteria to the node that is not a member of the multicast group.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for implementing a Multipoint Infrastructure Transport (MINT) protocol in a data network. The present invention includes a method for distributing data in a data network. The data network connects a plurality of nodes and at least a portion of the plurality of the nodes form a multicast group. One of the nodes in the multicast group is designated as a rendezvous node. The method includes a step of maintaining a data store containing a group state at each of the nodes in the multicast group. State updates, received at the rendezvous node are used to update the group state in the data store at the rendezvous node. The state updates are propagated, using a reliable protocol, from the rendezvous node to the other nodes in the multicast group. Finally, the group states in the data stores at the other nodes in the multicast group are updated.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing data at a node in a data network, wherein the data network connects a plurality of nodes and at least a portion of the plurality of the nodes form a multicast group, the apparatus comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable data store that stores, in a database, a plurality of entries associated with the multicast group, wherein each entry comprises data to be transmitted from a rendezvous node of the multicast group to members of the multicast group; and one or more hardware processors; one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to execute; logic that disseminates the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; logic that receives, from a node that is not a member of the multicast group, a request to run a query against the entries stored in the data store, wherein the query specifies matching criteria; logic that runs the query against the entries in the data store; logic that indicates that the apparatus has been designated as the rendezvous node in the multicast group, wherein designation as the rendezvous node indicates that the apparatus is to disseminate the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; and logic that disseminates one or more entries that satisfy the matching criteria to the node that is not a member of the multicast group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating an apparatus coupled to a selected node in a data network, wherein the data network connects a plurality of nodes and at least a portion of the plurality of the nodes, including the selected node, form a multicast group, the method comprising steps of:
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storing, in a database, of a data store, at the apparatus, a plurality of entries associated with the multicast group, wherein each entry comprises data to be transmitted from a rendezvous node of the multicast group to members of the multicast group; disseminating the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; receiving a request from a node that is not member of the multicast group to run a query against the entries stored in the data store, wherein the query specifies matching criteria; indicating that the apparatus has been designated as the rendezvous node in the multicast group, wherein designation as the rendezvous node indicates that the apparatus is to disseminate the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; and disseminating one or more entries that satisfy the matching criteria to the node that is not member of the multicast group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A data network for transmitting data, wherein the data network connects a plurality of nodes and at least a portion of the plurality of the nodes form a multicast group, the data network comprising:
a plurality of apparatuses, each of the apparatuses comprising; a non-transitory computer-readable data store that stores, in a database, a plurality of entries associated with the multicast group, wherein each entry comprises data to be transmitted from a rendezvous node of the multicast group to members of the multicast group; and one or more hardware processors; one or more sequences of instructions which when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to execute; logic that disseminates the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; logic that receives, from a node that is not a member of the multicast group, a request to run a query against the entries stored in the data store, wherein the query specifies matching criteria; logic that runs the query against the entries in the data store; logic that indicates that the apparatus has been designated as the rendezvous node in the multicast group, wherein designation as the rendezvous node indicates that the apparatus is to disseminate the plurality of entries to members of the multicast group; and logic that disseminates one or more entries that satisfy the matching criteria to the node that is not a member of the multicast group. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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